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JAPAN / Society
Jan 29, 2018

Tokyo's internet cafe 'refugees' number 4,000, survey says

People without a stable residence are finding succor in the hundreds of net cafes across the capital that stay open 24 hours a day.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 29, 2018

Global takeaways from Trump's Davos speech

The U.S. president's speech was crafted for a kind of virtual togetherness — a merging of 'America First' with everybody else as partners.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 26, 2018

U.S. Pacific Northwest dangerously underprepared for tsunami, experts say

The U.S. region most vulnerable to tsunami — the massive waves unleashed by undersea earthquakes — is dangerously underprepared, experts and officials in Oregon and Washington state said after a magnitude 7.9 earthquake this week.
BUSINESS
Jan 22, 2018

To show contribution to EU community, Facebook to open digital training hubs in Europe

Facebook said on Monday it will open three new centers in Europe to train people in digital skills and committed to training 1 million people over the next two years, part of the social media giant's drive to show its contribution to the bloc.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 21, 2018

How is your brand relationship?

When it comes to brand commitment, Japanese consumers are the world's toughest customers.
EDITORIALS
Jan 20, 2018

Lowering the age of adulthood

To ensure protection of young adults against unscrupulous business practices, the government needs to widen the scope of salvation measures.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 15, 2018

Trump finds a new way to squander U.S. soft power

U.S. global leadership depends on winning over immigrants from far and wide.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Jan 14, 2018

Japan still has much to learn from Martin Luther King's nonviolent struggle

Could Dr. King's nonviolent methods work in Japan, a country with a completely different relationship between government and citizen than in America?
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jan 13, 2018

Shōtengai: Examining the evolution of Tokyo's venerable shopping districts

Jesse McFaddin strolls around Togoshi Ginza shōtengai (shopping district) on a recent chilly December afternoon.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 12, 2018

Has #MeToo had its intended effect?

For the first time, we must grapple with crime not just as a social problem, but also as a social matter.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jan 11, 2018

Dramatist Oriza Hirata has a vision for theater

Travel around around 150 km northwest from the hustle and bustle of Kyoto and another, far more peaceful world awaits in the compact onsen (hot-spring) town of Kinosaki nestled on the Sea of Japan coast in a quiet corner of the largely rural city of Toyooka in Hyogo Prefecture.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 11, 2018

Warming will put millions more at flood risk in next 20 years, scientists say

Unless countries urgently boost their flood defenses, millions more people will be at risk from river flooding in the next 20 years as global warming increases the likelihood of severe rainfall, scientists said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jan 9, 2018

Pushing for a more diverse dancefloor

When the acclaimed end-of-year techno party Future Terror announced its full lineup of DJs in December, there was a notable omission among the 19 names: There were no women.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jan 9, 2018

Unclaimed remains accumulating in aging Japan

The smell of mold wafted through the small underground room at a municipal-run cemetery in the city of Saitama in late November, where around 600 unclaimed urns filled the shelves.
EDITORIALS
Jan 8, 2018

The roles of the Emperor

The issue of Imperial abdication appears to have exposed people's diverse views on what an emperor should be and what roles he should play.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Jan 6, 2018

Tattoo artist Gakkin leaves his mark in Amsterdam

Gakkin, a native of Wakayama and now a resident of Amsterdam, draws freehand, forgoing modern stencil machines to work directly on the body.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / HOOP SCOOP
Jan 5, 2018

Tyler Smith pleased by reaction to new book on hoop life

Tyler Smith, whose pro basketball career included stints with the Hitachi Sunrockers and Link Tochigi Brex in the now-disbanded JBL, has published his first book, "Called for Traveling: My Nomadic Life Playing Pro Basketball around the World."
Japan Times
JAPAN / FINDING COMMON GROUND
Jan 4, 2018

With fast-track permanent residency rule, Japan looks to shed its closed image

With the goal of attracting more skilled foreign workers, Japan moved to relax requirements for permanent residency for such individuals last April.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Dec 31, 2017

Views From Osaka: What are your hopes for yourself, Japan and the world for 2018?

Young people in Kansai's commercial hub talk about their wishes for the coming year.
WORLD
Dec 30, 2017

Price protests turn political in Iran as rallies spread

Demonstrators chanted anti-government slogans in several cities across Iran on Friday, Iranian news agencies and social media reports said, as price protests turned into the largest wave of demonstrations since nationwide pro-reform unrest in 2009.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / A MATTER OF HEALTH
Dec 27, 2017

'The doctor would not listen': Japan faces off against over-prescription of drugs for seniors

There's no denying that, as you grow older, you are likely to visit doctors more often and have more medicine prescribed. According to 2014 data from the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry, the amount of prescription drugs patients are given goes up as they age, especially after they turn 60.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Dec 23, 2017

'Yokohama Mary': Looking back at the life of one of the city's most mysterious figures

An enigmatic woman wearing a frilly white dress stands silently outside Matsuzakaya department store in Yokohama's Isezakicho district during a local festival. Her face is caked in white makeup and her eyes are lined in black.

Longform

Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past